Example sentences of "maintain [pron] [noun] as the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company reckons that it maintained its position as the leading supplier of computers to UK education , and established itself as an important supplier to the home market , and made good progress in Australia and New Zealand through the subsidiaries there . |
| 2 | The result on March 14 could well hinge on the boots of Stabler and his Newcastle rival David Johnson , whose 28 points on Saturday maintained his position as the country 's leading points scorer . |
| 3 | ‘ A very challenging and exciting time lies ahead for Magnus and I am confident of maintaining its position as the ‘ investors ’ choice . |
| 4 | In September 1964 a special meeting of the corporation finance committee , which included all councillors , adopted an amended motion which gave the boundary extension subcommittee the power to include in its remit the progressive expansion of Derry , so as to maintain its position as the second city in Northern Ireland . |
| 5 | AMNESTY International has much to do in the '90s to maintain its role as the world 's leading human rights movement , Peter Benenson , the organisation 's founder , told the annual Amnesty International Youth Conference last year . |
| 6 | MORGAN Grenfell has maintained its position as the top financial adviser for British public takeovers . |
| 7 | At Guinness Publishing , the other Guinness Enterprises company , the ever-popular Guinness Book of Records has maintained its position as the world 's best-selling copyright book . |
| 8 | Most universities and higher technical institutions use it , and of course it maintains its position as the link language with the rest of the world . |
| 9 | The cheetah maintains its status as the world 's fastest animal ( 110 km/h ) and the prong-horn antelope of the North American plains the fastest herbivore ( 100 km/h ) but , overall , predatory carnivores and their herbivore prey seem to run at about the same speed . |